Wednesday, January 9, 2013

QUILTING 101 - DEBBIE & SANDIE LEARN TO QUILT

I made a vow that this year I am going to take a photo of every one of my Quilting 101 classes at Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store in Orland Park, Illinois. I taught my first class of the year tonight and, as usual, we had a great time and both of my students, Debbie and Sandie, did a great job, as you can see by their quilt blocks and the smiles on their faces! Okay, one of the smiling faces is mine, because Debbie was a little camera shy tonight, so I stood in for her and let her snap this picture. This block is called "Hole in the Barn Door" and it's the block I use to teach rotary cutting, perfecting the scant 1/4" seam, interlocking seams and block construction. Year 2013 is off to a good start!

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ABOUT ME

I have been quilting since the early 1990s and have taught many beginner quilting classes in my home and various quilt shops in the area. In 2001, I started my own professional long arm quilting business and quilted more than 120 quilts for my customers over the next two years. One quilt that I did the custom quilting on toured the country with The Alliance for American Quilts and was raffled off, raising $10,000 for that organization. The quilt was featured on the television show Simply Quilts on HGTV and in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. Another of my quilts, which I designed myself, won a ribbon at the Heritage Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Lockport, Illinois, in 2003.